We're holding the 3rd H2 Open and Celebration at Water Works Park on Saturday, July 22. As always, this event is for "Those Who Truly Love Water Works Park" as we will be gathering to play and socialize on one of the most enjoyable disc golf courses on the planet.

The field is limited to 90 players (there are about 65 spots left as I type this), and this event has historically always filled. If you're going to play, pre-registration is a good idea.

I hope you can join in this celebration event as it always a blast to play some disc golf with friends at such a beautiful venue. If you think you're going to play, please let me know beforehand. Thanks. Rick

3rd H2 Open - For Those Who Truly Love Water Works(not a PDGA sanctioned event)

Saturday July 22, 2006Water Works Park Kansas City, Missouri

One Day - Two Rounds

â€¢Ace Poolâ€¢CTP for each division â€¢Barbecue for lunch â€¢Soft drinks provided(Please consider bringing a side dish or dessert to share.)

Schedule8:30 a.m.â€”late registration opens. 9:15 a.m.â€”registration closes9:45 a.m.â€”playerâ€™s meeting. Tee off to follow. Lunch: Around NoonBarbecue and soft drinks will be provided. Please bring sides, chips, and desserts to share if you care or you choose. 2nd round tee offâ€”to be announced. Awards around 4:00 p.m. Doubles to follow?

Field Limit is 90 players. Please Help by Pre-registering!Saturday morning sign-ups might be assessed a $2.00 late fee

BIG OPlease note that the next Disc Golf World produced event will be the Big O at Prairie Center Park in Olathe, KS on Saturday, May 5. This is a JUNIOR PLAYER (UNDER 19) TARGETED EVENT. We would like to create competition for these younger players. If you are a junior or responsible for one, please let me know ahead of time if you are interested in playing.

<<BIG OPlease note that the next Disc Golf World produced event will be the Big O at Prairie Center Park in Olathe, KS on Saturday, May 5. This is a JUNIOR PLAYER (UNDER 19) TARGETED EVENT. We would like to create competition for these younger players. If you are a junior or responsible for one, please let me know ahead of time if you are interested in playing.>>

The H2 Open is shaping up nicely. The pins we'll using the next round are inplace, and Kelly and Paul are cooking up the barbecue. If you still want toplay, there's room. You can call here to pay by credit card or registrationopens tomorrow at around 8:15 and closes at 9:15. And of course, the weathertomorrow should be ideal...clear and mid-80s with winds not over 10 MPH.

Wow! What a great day at Water Works on Saturday, when 69 players in seven divisions participated in the 3rd H2 Open and Celebration. The competition was spirited in most of the divisions. It came down to a playoff in the open division between the Kevins: Babbit and Corbett. With everyone pulling for Kevin, the men played the middle short #1. Kevin made his 25 footer for the win while Kevin C left his drive left and couldn't drain his birdie attempt. KC's most prominent pro player, Tavish Sanders, held off Kathy Betcher, who traveled from Rock Island Illinois, to win by two. Grandmaster Bruce McQueen, who played in the masters (rated under 940)/grandmasters division had the only sub-par round of the day in that division for a comfy 6-throw win over Tim Elder and Virgil Nunnery. A good friend of Water Works (FOWW), Ken Hostetler, played perhaps the two most steady rounds of his life, shot par for the two throw win over Jack Lowe and Ben Taylor. Proving that consistency and control mean more than distance, another huge FOWW, Brian Woodson triumphed in the am masters, edging a friend of all disc golf parks, Mark Morales, by four throws. In the intermediate, Matt Shively shot the most consistent two rounds to win by two over House Miller and Clay Chance. And finally, newcomer John Riley, playing in his first and last novice division, won easily over another new tournament player, Arbrie Kovacs by 12.

A big thanks to everyone who played and helped. There was no whining whatsoever. A bit thanks goes to Bill Neenan, who sat out the event and kept things going while everyone else played. Kelly Warren and Paul Eklund, assisted by Lynne Warren and Matt Eklund provided some extremely tasty BBQ, which fed everyone. Jack Lowe and John Riley helped set the course on Friday.d Ben Taylor and Pauly Cross unlocked the baskets during practice on Saturday morning. The experiment to get groups to move baskets as they finished their last hole of the first round worked perfectly. Thanks to everyone who toted the pins. Thanks to John Chapman for leading the way on scoring with an assist to Dan Cashen. I'm sure I've forgotten to thank someone, but I hope not.

Next year's H2 Open will definitely be happening in the same time frame. We'll be limiting the field to 72 players and like this year, we will be sending out invitations to those who have played in the first three events prior to opening it up the public.

Thanks again to everyone for a great day in the park. It was a blast.

The next DGW event is the Big O in Olathe on August 5. More on that later today.

congrats to all those who made it there and threw down on an awesome piece of the planet- love that place...proud to say I took adv 2nd at the first one, losing to nauss in a playoff (does he even play anymore?)congrats to ken on a solid day with jack 'n ben on his heels (jack and ken are qualified for the am Nationals up here in mich... I live 'bout 40mi away so give a shout if yer goin'- or any KCer for that matter)love to see the new pin placements there sometime, sounds interesting...anyway, howdy to my WW homies